Chapter 3 The Collapsed Building

The abandoned building was dark, with only some light shining in when passing by the windows.

The air was filled with a rotten and moldy smell.

From deep within the dead silent corridor, a faint sound of dripping water could be heard.

As soon as everyone entered here, they felt an inexplicable chill, as if the temperature around them had suddenly dropped by several degrees. The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, with only the sound of a few people's footsteps echoing faintly.

"Old Crow's intelligence says that what we are looking for is on the second underground floor of this building. It used to be the parking lot of the building, but because the building was destroyed, there are only two confirmed entrances and exits to the underground parking lot. One is the safety staircase on the east side, and the other is the No. 1 elevator shaft in Area B."

"For us, there is actually only one exit and entrance, which is the safe staircase on the east side. The elevator shaft is not practical. We are all ordinary people. Climbing the elevator shaft is too dangerous and slow. So I hope everyone remembers the escape route. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens and you get lost on the second underground floor, it means you are not far from death."

"Old Crow's new intelligence says that danger will appear on the first underground floor. However, since we are ordinary people, the danger on the first floor can most likely be avoided. Therefore, the truly fatal danger is on the second floor. Moreover, the closer to a certain source, the greater the danger."

Wei Li, a doctor, was walking and talking to himself.

His tone was calm, his words were clear, and his expression was very serious.

"In my opinion, why not just take a walk around the basement and then go back? Wouldn't it be great to pick up 50,000 yuan for free?" Zhang Kaiwen's eyes moved and he came up with a perfunctory idea.

Li Yi immediately said: "The other party has anticipated this. The mysterious woman who activated the medium just now is probably watching us in secret. If we just perfunctorily deal with it like this, we will probably be killed as soon as we leave this building."

"I heard that people with psychic powers can see things that normal people cannot see. I don't know if it's true or not. Assuming it's true, then we must be under surveillance all the time, so your suggestion is not very realistic." Liu Yan said in a low voice.

"You are a bunch of weaklings. I am ashamed to work with you. We can go to the second underground floor. This is the opportunity God has given us to fight for the rare item. After we get the rare item, two million is nothing. I want that woman outside to kneel down and kowtow to me three times, and then lick the soles of my shoes clean."

Wang Hu spoke without any reservations or hiding his inner thoughts.

But no one refuted this statement.

Deep down, who doesn’t want to change their destiny?
"Hey, you're right. I have a worthless life. Since I'm going to fight it out, I might as well fight it to the end. Even if I really get 50,000 yuan, it won't change anything. If I really get a rare item, I'll be the most influential person in the world from now on, and my life will be for all eternity." Zhang Kaiwen was infected by Wang Hu's thoughts at this moment and immediately changed his mind.

"If I get the rare item, even if I choose to hand it over directly, I can enter the Golden Academy and completely change my destiny." Liu Yan said in a low voice.

Li Yi's heart couldn't help but beat fast when he heard what they said.

Because they are right.

Getting this money only solved the immediate problem. As his parents were Silent Ones, they needed better medical cabins and nutrient solution to sustain their lives. The future expenses would be huge, and 50,000 yuan was just a drop in the bucket. What's more, he had no ability, no background, and no talent for cultivation.

If I could really get the rare item, everything would change.

However, no matter how excited he was, his reason told him that there might not be any rare things here at all, only dangers lurking in the darkness. Greed would only lead to his innocent death.

After a brief chat, everyone had already gone deep into the collapsed building and soon saw the stairs leading to the underground parking lot.

Going down the stairs, the darkness gradually became thicker, like an abyss, making people feel uneasy.

Everyone immediately turned on the flashlights that Lao Ya had prepared for them.

As the flashlight came on, the darkness around was dispelled a lot.

After looking around and seeing nothing unusual, the five people walked down the stairs to the parking lot on the second underground floor.

On the way, everyone was very alert, and even the footsteps going down the stairs were deliberately restrained, for fear of disturbing something in the darkness.

Everything seemed to be going well and there was no danger.

The five people came to the underground floor.

But they did not stay, because the underground first floor had been explored by the crows. Although it was dangerous, there was nothing valuable there. It was when they entered the second underground floor that they encountered danger and unexpected events, and they returned empty-handed twice with heavy losses.

Therefore, the task of Li Yi and others is to start exploring from the second underground floor.

However, as they continued to walk down the stairs, Wang Hu, who was in front, suddenly stopped.

The light shines there.

The darkness in front dissipated, and a dead body was lying on the steps. The skin of the body was pale, lifeless, and the neck was stiff. The head was tilted back in a weird posture, and the arms were stiffly raised in the air, as if struggling to escape from the underground parking lot behind. However, he was targeted by something and died tragically here.

Wang Hu said, "What a pity! It's a dead body."

He ignored it and calmly walked past the body and continued to move forward. The few people looked around for a while, carefully avoided the body, and followed behind Wang Hu.

But then, Wei Li suddenly whispered, "There's something wrong with that body."

"It's just a dead body. Are you scared?" Zhang Kaiwen replied.

"Don't forget, I'm a doctor. I've come into contact with more corpses than you have. I took a closer look at the corpse just now. There were no livor mortis and no signs of decay. This is very unreasonable. Moreover, the position where the corpse appeared just now was also abnormal. It didn't seem like the person died on the stairs at the beginning. It seemed like someone had moved the person to the stairs from somewhere else." Wei Li said seriously.

"Wei Li, you should have said this earlier." After Zhang Kaiwen said this, he immediately shone the flashlight at the corpse behind him.

He wanted to see if there was really something wrong with the body as Wei Li said.

But soon his face froze.

The body just now disappeared.

"The body is gone." Zhang Kaiwen opened his eyes wide: "What a joke, it was there just now, how could it have run away in the blink of an eye?"

Seeing the empty steps, everyone was suddenly horrified.

"Maybe it's not a dead body, it could be a ghost. Don't forget what Old Crow said before, this building is haunted. That's why they didn't dare to go deep into the second underground floor."

Li Yi's face looked very ugly as he spoke out a terrible reality.

They must have encountered a ghost just now.

"You know, actually, ghosts didn't exist in the world we live in originally. It was only after the Tianqing incident that the legends of ghosts were confirmed to be true. However, ghosts can only stay in certain special areas because they also need some kind of power to maintain themselves, otherwise they will dissipate. The existence of ghosts here means that there is something here that provides the ghosts with power."

After a brief moment of shock, Liu Yan became excited again: "The source of the thing is very likely a rare thing."

"What are you waiting for? How can a mere dirty thing scare me away?" Wang Hu strode towards the second underground floor.

"Today is the day for me to change my fate. I, Zhang Kaiwen, just need this opportunity to turn things around. There's nothing to be afraid of with ghosts. Poverty is more terrible."

Zhang Kaiwen grinned and followed quickly, ignoring the hidden danger.

Li Yi took a deep breath and followed without hesitation.

Liu Yan and Wei Li also did not hesitate.

Now that it has come to this, there is absolutely no possibility of retreating.

soon.

They entered the second underground floor.

However, the situation here is completely different from what they imagined.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of silt, and many unknown withered yellow weeds grew on the soil. These weeds emitted a faint light in the darkness, and from a distance they looked like phosphorescent lights between graves, scattered here and there. In the distance there were actually several wooden houses that had mostly collapsed. Those houses were old in style, and did not look like modern things at all. Instead, they looked like abandoned villages in ancient times.

If there weren't many abandoned cars half-buried in the mud around, everyone would have thought they had come to a strange world.

"Let's split up. Whether you can survive or find the treasure depends on your own abilities."

After Zhang Kaiwen said this, he walked in one direction without looking back.

"That makes sense." Wang Hu looked around and chose a direction.

"It's very dangerous here. Maybe it would be better if we get together." Li Yi thought about it and spoke.

Wei Li at the side smiled slightly: "Young man, you should understand that it's okay if we don't find the rare item. If we do find it, we will fight among ourselves when we get together. No one wants to be stabbed in the back. It's better for everyone to act separately. At least we can save face for each other."

After saying that, he left too.

Liu Yan also said nothing, and after hesitating for a moment, she also took action on her own.

soon.

The small team of five people immediately fell apart and each went their separate ways.

(End of this chapter)